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    LED TUBES REPLACING NORMAL 6ft T8 HF .....HEADACHE not working

    Hi All, My client has asked me to replace some regular T8 flourescent 6ft tubes with new leds. We put them in like for like but nit coming on. When I mentioned to the wholesaler who supplied the tubes, they said I might need to recon figure the wiring in the fittings. Can anyone shed any...
    • mgnelec09
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    • electrical work led normal not working replacing tubes working
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  2. R

    Is it ok to put a a normal plug on the end of an external security light?

    Hi there. I am just wondering if this is ok to do? I recently installed a security light and my grandmas house and I drilled straight through the kitchen wall onto the exterior front of the house to install the security pir light. I supplied the light via 2.5mm t&e as it was all I had...
    • reeveerx
    • Thread
    • external going house light normal plug right security socket
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: Talk Electrician Forum
  3. B

    remote controlled lighting

    can anyone advise me on how you would wire up 8 downlights to be controlled by a remote control? also can the downlights be low voltage leds? any help would be appreciated
  4. D

    Emergency key switch wiring

    Hi Guys, Can you help ? I just wanted to know how you wire a key switch and normal switch together. Is this how it should be :- Feed from board to common on key switch power to emergency lights comes off the load side of key switch loop feed comes off the common side of key switch to common...
    • dave19
    • Thread
    • common emergency key lights normal power switch wiring
    • Replies: 69
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  5. O

    [Need Advice] Reuse phone chargers

    Hi everyone, I'm making a house model in which I use one VAC bulb and another one but uses DC source. What blocking me at the moment is the electric source of the VDC bulb. I want to use circle in phone charger (I have many of them, ones of Nokia 12xx) to transform VAC into VDC and I tried but...
    • Once
    • Thread
    • advice charger chargers normal phone source
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  6. E

    ATLPT Reviews?

    My dad's been with these guys since August and he's starting to complain about how bad their service is. What experience have you guys had with ATLPT? It seems very isolated, he isn't getting a whole lot of help from his tutor. Is this normal?
  7. D

    Induction hob tripping RCD in normal operation?

    Hi chaps, As some of you may recall, I posted a while back about a dodgy electrician who did some work at my parents place, including putting in a circuit for a new induction hob, as well as a board. He cocked a load of things up so following a complaint to the NICEIC, the guy came back today...
    • DNS1
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    • circuit electricians' talk hob induction induction hob normal rcd things through tripping tripping rcd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  8. Amp David

    Weekend working

    Anyone else is SE work on the weekends. Have so many people who accept my quotes, then say you'll have to do it on a Saturday though. Do they just think its them who work Monday to Friday and actually have a weekend :bomb2:
    • Amp David
    • Thread
    • electrical work electricians' talk normal rates sunday weekend working
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  9. D

    Key switch, normal lights and emergency lights

    Hi Guys, I'm doing some wiring tomorrow in conduit and singles. I have a key switch, a 2way switch, normal lights and emergecy lights on this circuit in this particular rool. I just wanted to use your expertise on how to wire this. I posted a similar question a few weeks back but can't find it...
    • dave19
    • Thread
    • electricians' talk emergency key lighting lights normal switch
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  10. D

    two way switching in three places

    i have a cosmetic problem that i am looking for an answer for. got a bedroom that has 2 way and intermediate switching in place at the main switch is the three core and the live and switched live at switch 3 there is the other end of the three core and also bedside light switch, which is 1 way...
  11. D

    Wiring an normal lights and emergency and PIR !

    Hi Guys, On Monday I am going to be doing my first bit of wiring. Its a commerical site and we will be wiring in singles. I will be wiring a room that has PIR and emergency light and 6 normal lights. Can I have a bit of help on how it's done. There is also a normal and key switch in the room so...
    • dave19
    • Thread
    • electricians' talk emergency lighting lights normal pir wiring
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  12. i=p/u

    differnt shapes or soes of normal lightbulbs

    anyone ever found rare fancy ,shaped or sizes, of normal bc light bulbs............ i have lights hanging from ceiling over a floor, 2 stories.....
  13. i=p/u

    working close friends of family and the likes

    dont you just hate when working for close friends of family, then you bill them and then makes you fee un comfortable after all hard work..... example; pat tested 60 items, changed 5 socket fronts and added new double socket beside cu. charged the guy £151.50 , have me mother and all ringing me...
    • i=p/u
    • Thread
    • close electrical work electricians' talk family friends likes normal working
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: UK Electrical Forum
  14. T

    Is this normal

    Hi I have just been to do a EICR just some of the points I found in 30 mins CU old with on RCD only held on wall with 1 screw all sockets surface mounted at least one screw missing out of most no earth to any of the sockets at all on earth to the CU. Looked like their was a earth but if their...
  15. SolarCity

    Renusol Intersole on plain clay tiled roof

    Has anyone installed a Renusol Intersole system on a plain clay tiled roof? I can't see any reason why it shouldn't be ok, but it's just that every example I've ever seen of it shows it installed on thicker pan tiles. Presumably it would be ok but would sit a little higher than normal?
  16. G

    Supply meter running backwards - normal?

    Is it normal for a supply meter (not generation meter) to run backwards when you're generating more than you're consuming?
  17. M

    A bit more to normal 'outside lights'

    Hi guys, I have a customer who has 3 150W metal halide floodlights along the front of his club. They are currently switched via a photocell on the far corner. The customer now wants to keep the photocell but have them on a time clock so they are not running all night but also have it so that...
    • moosey86
    • Thread
    • aus electricians' talk lighting lights normal
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Australia
  18. R

    A Querry about DNO and costs

    I have been going thru a Connection and line check with my local DNO. To start with they said the line won't support my export capacity. They sent thru plans and quote to upgrade the cabling, and i noticed they were talking about the wrong meter ptn. I pointed this out to them...
  19. C

    500mA RCD

    HI, first post so treat me gently please! (Also posted this in the Sticky Threads by mistake). At work we have a moveable electric hoist unit that travels round and gets plugged in via a fly lead on a spring loaded cable extension drum to one of various sockets. The sockets are fed as a radial...
    • clicon357
    • Thread
    • aus electricians' talk normal rcd rcd's sticky
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia
  20. A

    rogue eletrical voltage

    volt stick picking up voltage on pipes,radiators and walls. there is an rccb on the installtion and it is tripping when you test it but not in the normal conditions with this volt stick situation.any ideas please.
    • andy jervis
    • Thread
    • aus electricians' talk normal pipes stick voltage volts
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Australia

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